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008 Translating the Book of Mormon with Stones in a Hat?

Church History Matters

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The Tight Translation of the Book of Mormon

The Book of Mormon was translated by the gift and power of God, not by any power of man. The Lord in Second Epi 27 says that the unlearned boy should read the words which I shall give thee. It seems like according to David Whitmer, most witnesses of translation, it was the precise wording that was given to Joseph Smith. That is a big deal when you consider how powerful some Book of Mormon passages are.

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